police
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Dozens of calls and complaints were made to L.A. city departments and police, he said, but went unaddressed — with officials telling him they couldn’t go inside the private property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The BBC has contacted police and the fire service.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Our police department has uncovered stolen cars, tracked criminals, and kept our city even safer with the help of Flock Cameras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Nepal's police announced a new death toll of at least 547 people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Nollie, we soon learned, had been taken to the police station around the corner, to one of the cells in back.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“Not all term polices have conversion features,” Harrison said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
It polices remedies and the finality of convictions, not the enforceability of unconstitutional laws going forward.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026
The statewide agency, which mainly polices traffic violations on freeways and oversees state property, has sworn in more than 600 new officers this year — a total that many departments would envy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
"This decision is not a reflection of any particular government polices," it added.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
As Uncle Sam polices the two Americas, and John Bull the seas of the world, so the Mikado undertakes to police the sea lanes of the Orient.
From The Canadian Commonwealth by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
It was the era of “Urban Cowboy” and purity was being policed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
At first, the Supreme Court policed these discriminatory plans under the 14th and 15th amendments.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026
He policed brushback pitches with ardor and once called a night game for darkness when lighting malfunctions compromised visibility near home plate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Herzog's tightly policed four day visit to Australia this week was meant to offer consolation to the country's Jewish community following December's mass shooting on Bondi beach that killed 15 people.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
The stock market was not only transparent but heavily policed.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Legislators advanced bills, backed by California’s powerful trial lawyer trade group, aimed at policing the state’s legal industry, which has been bruised by ‘a wave of inappropriate attorney conduct’ highlighted by The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
How does bias enter algorithms used in policing?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ombudsman Jacqui Durkin said the behaviour was a "catalogue of corruption" which had "the potential to do serious damage to public trust and confidence in policing".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But policing the market is hard because much of the industry isn’t regulated and transactions can be anonymous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Calling this sort of policing science could cover up what was actually going on, and what was actually going on was often just a mess of assumptions.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
